Pedal Board Adjustment, What Did I Do? Options

[NARP74]

I was fixing a pedal board issue, no hardware, wrong hardware, poor alignment, etc. Once I got all that worked out, I was going for a drive and the clutch was barely engaging. Made for a tough drive. 1st and Rev were grinding and the others were not much better.

I did find a list of things to check for issues like this and I am going through those.

I also saw the Dr Evil drawing for clutch engagement. Mine seems to engage just off the pedal stop now. Is there a real spec for clutch adjustment or is it just by feel?

How could this be related to the pedal board? It was fine before I moved it around.

[NARP74]

I tightened one side of the pedal stop that was loose, the washer was rattling. I leveled it out and tightened it. I guess that could have taken up any travel that it needed. But if that is the case the clutch is not adjusted correctly. The pedal stop might have been at an angle as the one side that was loose slid up to the top of the board. it is almost all the way at the top of the board. Not sure where it is supposed to be.

[JamesM]

I tightened one side of the pedal stop that was loose, the washer was rattling. I leveled it out and tightened it. I guess that could have taken up any travel that it needed. But if that is the case the clutch is not adjusted correctly. The pedal stop might have been at an angle as the one side that was loose slid up to the top of the board. it is almost all the way at the top of the board. Not sure where it is supposed to be.

By the look of the nuts on your cable I would agree your clutch probably isn't adjusted correctly.

Tighten the cable so the clutch pedal goes "over center" in the first 1/3 of pedal travel. then adjust the pedal stop to keep the clutch fork from hitting the tranny case when fully engaged.


Also worth noting, every single one of my 914s I had to add a shim to the clutch fork pivot ball to get proper clutch feel. I suspect most flywheels out there have been machined to the point where they would benefit from a re-shimming of the clutch fork.